Two labourers died yesterday afternoon after a scaffolding at a construction site they were working on collapsed in central Ha Tinh Province's Son Kim 1 Commune. The accident occurred at 2pm burying 16 workers at the construction site, covering a hundred sq. metres. Local authorities sent about 100 rescue personnel to the accident site to assist the trapped workers. The labourers were working on a project to construct a petrol station. The rescue personnel took 12 workers to Cau Treo General Hospital for treament but two of them died of injuries in the fall. Four workers are still stranded under the rubble and are believed to be critical. — VNA/VNS Photo Bao Lam